NCPR Participation at League for Innovation Annual Conference 2009

Currently,
there is great enthusiasm for using learning communities as a strategy
for developmental education. But are they effective? Experts from the
National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) review the current
state of knowledge regarding interventions for developmental education
students, and the evidence on learning communities in particular. A
practitioner from a college in NCPR’s national learning communities
study leads a discussion about the different learning communities
models and the challenges to implementing them.

Roundtable #S520: Developmental Summer Bridges: Young Texans on the Road to College

Nationally,
large numbers of students enter college needing remediation. Texas is
working to change this trend by creating innovative, state-supported
developmental summer bridge programs. Several programs are
participating in a rigorous evaluation conducted by NCPR. This session
offers insight into their models and early results.

Participant:

-Elisabeth Barnett, Research Associate, Community College Research CenterDownload PDF